2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24
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[hide]Problem
Quadrilateral is inscribed in circle and has side lengths , and . Let and be points on
such that and . Let be the intersection of line and the line through parallel to . Let be the intersection of line and the line through parallel to . Let be the point on circle other than that lies on line . What is ?
Solution 1
It is easy to see that First we note that with a ratio of Then with a ratio of , so Now we find the length of . Because the quadrilateral is cyclic, we can simply use the Law of Cosines. By Power of a Point, . Thus
-solution by FRaelya
Solution 2
We shall make use of the pairs of similar triangles present in the problem, Ptolemy's Theorem, and Power of a Point. Let be the intersection of and . First, from being a cyclic quadrilateral, we have that , . Therefore, , , and , so we have , , and . By Ptolemy's Theorem, Thus, . Then, by Power of a Point, . So, . Next, observe that , so . Also, , so . We can compute after noticing that and that . So, . Then, .
Multiplying our equations for and yields that
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